THE arrival of May is set to herald a change in temperatures, as spring-like weather finally looks set to make a comeback - but it's not all good news. Warmer air will gradually start returning, thanks to the position of the jetstream, and this will ...

THERE'S a new toy shop in town and it's all thanks to an eight-year-old Clifton schoolgirl. MacLeods of Ashbourne, in Middle Cale just off St John Street, was officially opened by Freya Kirkpatrick on Saturday morning. Owner Barry Smith said he asked ...

HIGHFIELD House Care Home is due to close, bosses have announced, leaving 29 residents and 39 members of staff facing uncertainty. The Clifton Road care home's owners Four Seasons Health Care, the nation's largest care home group, told the News ...

CHEESEMAKERS near Ashbourne have won a top award at a new major exhibition this weekend. Hartington Creamery Ltd won the gold award in the food name cheese class for its Hartington Stilton cheese at the first-ever Artisan Cheese Fair in Melton ...

According to many historians, there was only one outright military success on the rebel side during the 1916 Rising – many acts of heroism and valour but just a single military victory – and that was at Ashbourne in Co Meath. The action involved about ...

PARTS of the Ashbourne area woke up to a blanket of snow this morning, despite the May Bank Holiday Weekend being less than 24 hours away. These scenes, from around Hartington, were captured by Ashbourne-based freelance photographer Rod ...